2016 OSCARS - Live Action Short Film shortlist

From an immense list of 137 shorts originally submitted, the Live Action category has also been whittled down to 10 semi-finalists. The 5 nominees will come from these 10. Still in the running are...

• BON VOYAGE
• ENNEMIS INTERIEURS
• GRAFFITI
• LA FEMME ET LE TGV
• NOCTURNE IN BLACK
• THE RIFLE, THE JACKAL, THE WOLF AND THE BOY
• SILENT NIGHTS
• SING (MINDENKI)
• TIMECODE
• THE WAY OF TEA (LES FREMISSEMENTS DU THE)

2016 OSCARS - 10 Animated Short semifinalists

The submissions for Animated Short Film have been narrowed down to 10 films from the original list of 69 entries. From this list of 10, the Animation branch of the Academy will choose the 5 final nominees. Here are the 10 left in contention...

• BLIND VAYSHA
• BORROWED TIME
• HAPPY END
• THE HEAD VANISHES
• INNER WORKINGS 
• ONCE UPON A LINE
• PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES
• PEARL
• PIPER
• SOUS TES DOIGTS (UNDER YOUR FINGERS)

Oscars - Record 27 films submitted for Animated Feature category!

Several years ago, the Academy tweaked the rules of the Animated Feature category to make the number of nominees depend on the number of films submitted. Any years where we have 16 of more, we can have a 5 nominee category. Well, this year we had a record 27 FILMS submitted, and it's actually the first time in years where it's not a matter of what will get in, but tougher what will be left out, cause IMHO, there are a good 8/9 films that are solid contenders for at least a spot at the table, still quite a few I know little-to-nothing about, and several that you can pretty much call dead on arrival.

The 27 submissions for Best Animated Feature 2016 are....(in alphabetical order)...

THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE

APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD

BILAL

FINDING DORY

ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE

KINGSGLAIVE FINAL FANTASY XV

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

KUNG FU PANDA 3

THE LITTLE PRINCE

LONG WAY NORTH

MISS HOKUSAI

MOANA

MONKEY KING: HERO IS BACK

MUNE

MUSTAFA & THE MAGICIAN

MY  LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI

PHANTOM BOY

THE RED TURTLE

SAUSAGE PARTY

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS

SING

SNOWTIME!

STORKS

TROLLS

25  APRIL

YOUR NAME

ZOOTOPIA

2016 OSCARS -- Best Documentary (Feature)

In the Documentary Feature category, there are 145 features that have been submitted for consideration for this year's category. From this list, a shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December for final consideration. Several of the films have not yet had their required LA and NY qualifying releases.

145 submissions for Documentary Feature

2016 OSCARS -- Documentary Short Subject

The Academy has released it's list of the 10 films still in consideration for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Of these 10, 5 will be nominated. The original list of submissions stood at 61 eligible entries. Here are the 10 semi-finalists...

Brillo Box (3c Off)
Close Ties
Extremis
4.1 Miles
Frame 394
Joe's Violin
The Mute's House
The Other Side of Home
Watani: My Homeland
The White Helmets

2016 OSCARS - Foreign Language Film - 85 countries submit

We have 85 films that have been submitted for the Best Foreign Language Film category this year, including most of usual suspects, as well as Yemen submitting it's first film ever.
Here is a link for the full list of films,..

85 Films submitted for Foreign Language Oscar consideration